A man went fishing one day. He tried to catch fish
for a long time because he was very hungry. While he
was fishing he kept searching the horizon in case
other game came by. At some time he saw a figure that
was approaching. Looking at it he realized it was a
very big man, a giant. He knew he was in danger and
that the giant might kill him. Being unable to
escape, he decided to play dead by lying on the
ground, stiffening his body and holding his breath.
When the giant arrived, he bent over the man so see
if he was breathing. He prodded him and decided the
man was dead. He then tied up the terrified man and
hoisted him onto his back. The man playing dead
remained stiff and tried not to breathe when he was
on the giant's back. The giant got up and walked off
with the man across land where bushes were growing.
The man then got an idea. "If I grab onto the
branches, the giant will tire!" He then grabbed the
branches whenever the giant would pass them. Often,
he would suddenly let go of the branches causing the
giant to lurch and almost fall. Soon the giant
stopped to rest and he examined the man again to see
if he was dead. The man held his breath and did not
move and the giant concluded he was dead. The giant
got up and began to walk once more.
When the giant arrived home, he set the man on the
ground in the house near the door. The giant was
tired and lay down to sleep while his wife examined
his catch. She then went off to prepare things for a
meal. The man understood that it was him they
intended to eat and desperately tried to find a way
to escape. He slowly opened his eyes to peek around
at the room but the giants children saw him and cried
"He is moving his eyes, he is moving his eyes!" The
giant said "That man is very dead" and angrily told
his children to let him sleep.
When his eyes were open the man had seen an axe
lying near the giant. The giant fell back to sleep
despite noise from his children and the man saw his
chance. He lunged for the axe and swung it at the
giant, killing him. He then ran through the partially
opened door towards freedom, rushing by the giant's
wife who was outside. She took after him and, being
much taller than the man, was quickly gaining on him.
Still holding the axe, the man struck the ground with
it and the ground opened up. Water gushed into the
void and a river appeared. The giant's wife arrived
at the river's edge and called out to the man "How
did you get across!" "By drinking the water!" he
replied. She then began to drink from the river and
drank until she thought she could not take another
drop. The man urged her on and she drank more water.
Suddenly she burst and the air was filled with a
thick fog. When the fog dissipated the man found his
way home. That is how fog was created and why it is
everywhere.
